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CHARLQTTETOWN, CANADA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1937 12 PAGES

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In L 0 n d 0 n do...“ by heavy weather. Sir Hub- ", “iflkmy flying boat landed on

By Land Ownersilliililli BRANCH i»

um Wings Limited reported this w“) ‘

iMIISSOIIIIYS Bi<1'i~*o""i~ Anglo-French

0N l Friendship May, H0 w eve r,

""- " Lon-fife?" iia7iimii=ig l ‘ Be M0 e To Put Pressure ‘flgfnwll. . lac o r0 c _ e .___.___ rxgngflsndcongagzgetlthzlearzkéire flay L a r g e Attendance of Japanese Ambassador shigcru Thousands Civil- I V

Yorhida late tonight when a

m, Little Grand Rapids 1s near

,,, At Largely Attended Meeting i Marks A n n u a1 filififi.‘i.iil"ii..ili.‘“‘ "m" iaos victims of Jao- 0n Germany- - ' w ~ b .. . ' ' ' hi; ‘iitiiiiciorcoiqiliigudhgo ‘mo Méfitlng filial“ Tggithirflyflflllilzllg: "maxi? dnese A“ Ralds In LONDON. S0111. 23 (('l')~'l'ho .\.*\lit‘liilt‘fl Pith-S Hum‘

m Bonnet. to refuel.

American Legion Closes Gonvention

out of China."

The demonstrators massed be- fore the Ambassadors door just before midnight, after marching around Grosvenor Square yell- ing anti-Japanese slogans. Many diplomatic residences border the

' lottetown ~ Branch

Last Night. The annual meeting of the Char-

lottetown Branch of the Canadian Legion B. E. S L- was held in

South China.

PEIPING._ Sept. lb-(Frl- dayl-lt‘ PHavasl-A scml- nfficial Japanese source today reported the capture of

At Corina - Ban.

ed an “authoritative soiirco" tonight as din-luring that :1 new balance of power in l-Iiiropc was niiidc possible by the expected adhesion of Premier Alusscilini to the Anglo- French working ziizroomcnt.

This sourco iissortoil, tho .\r».\tit'lillt‘(l Press siiid, that

A largely attended meetin owners in Corran Ban Bridge iion unanimously called upon t

g‘ of interested property Hall last night in a resolu- he people of Prince Edward

1n a thunderous last session, tlic American Legion elected Dnnicl Doheyty, of Woburn, Mass, as its national commander today after poommending vast increases in the United States military estab- lishment which would givc the nation the largest navy in the world and bring the standing Umy to 180.000.

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"Talkies-dwoniaguc Saturday. L-MS-B-IZ-Si.

"Sho\v-Elmira Monday. L-Blfi-fl-ZZ-l. ""Fort.ime Hall Friday! Dance to lively music 0i’ Rollo Bay 0r- chesira L-87l-9-22-3l

and rights Act, (an Act rr- thcir claims to c

per function of‘ administer subjects, and that citizens

"Dance Kinkora. Hall. Sept ll. With Orchestra. 14-717-9-18-22-24

Friday.

"Bedford 'I‘racadie Club willlord " hogs, lambs and calves at Bedford whenever Aifficlent. number are llSiflt. R E COIiIIOIIY, B60. L-Zl-Il

" Clirisiian Church home-cook- ing Sale rcimell and Chandler's Saturday. September 25.

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"Come to the cold meat supper, Crapaucl Hull, Saturday, September 25th. 5 o'clock. Admission 30c and i5c. Si. John's Girl's W. A.

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“See “Nuts to You" presented by Charlottetown Cathedral Guild in Voiiion River Hall Tuesday evening Bcpicmber 28th ,8.15. Two hours iiaiiciiig alter play. auspices C.W.I.. L-809-9-1l3-2l.

"See Anglican Young People, Kensingion, in their Comedy Drama "That's One On Bill," Protestant Orphanage Hall, Monday night, Bcpzcmber 27th. Come help the kid- fll(‘5. Ii-886-0-23-3i.

"We wont 3000 good quality fowl this ivcck for a special market at I cial prices and will be taking elivcry daily this week at. the Cleaning Stnilon. P E. 1. Cooper- ltlve Egg i8: Poultry Associat on.

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"Livestock Marketing Board is forwarding a small consignment of Gilt Ezlgc Flour to Soinis today. Try a 50 pound bag and be con- vinced of its superior quality. Sold It (Io-operative prices ’ L400

"Gilt Edge flour is a hardwheat flour of choicest. quality, put up in Unitary 50-poiind paper bags and isolcl at Co-opcratlve prices by the Livestock Marketing Board.

14-940

"Cat your Pullets into laying tondiiion by feeding some Royal emwmfl Mash and keep hens in lftldiltltloh for higher Fall prices by

111i! our Royal Laying Mash. Big- l" Profits at less cost also F1511- llflil. feeds. sic, P. E. !. Co-opsr- m"- IAH-l-IO-ll-II-Il-IB-IO-i

"We will be loading live fowl at l? River, leptcmbcr 23rd. Uigg . rt. 24th and taking delivery on Frfilbovo dates at. Charlottetown

Ihivmsiiz. This ciii- is um- F l hlzh price for good quality trill I lbs and up. Your cooperation umm for the success of this

"idmlkin . P .11. 1. Cooperative i! a rodm Association. L-IN-O-Bl-ll.

hruViltook mriistiiig aorira m“! Mil. lamb; and calves

grmllh local shipping clubs. Week ,0 sci»!- mu u follows ——'rll?ddfly hirnwn. Kflllllllllflh. Chlridte- "i. afternoon. Montague, cardi- ‘mi Elmlffl. Souris St. Peters, “m? Wednesday forenoon till "me. Wlitshirc. Hunter River, ‘dtlhne: afternoon. 12 to a.

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May Invoke Nine-Power Agreement Jflpilft iriQiiiy British

And U. S. Protests Re

Bombings.

WASHINGTON, Scpt 23 (AP) —- ‘Unles; expert observers have mis- read diplomatic signs, certain world powers, including the United States, are quietly studying to see if the Nine-Power Pact. can be used to restore peace in China.

This 1922 agreement, signed by China, Japan. Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Portugal, ilic Netherlands and Gflfmllil)’, guarantees the terri- torinl and administrative integrit" of Oiilna and maintenance of th.‘ "open door” of commercial op- poriunlty there

Sonic of the signatories -not.- nby Grout Britain and the United Siiitc; —iilready have begun ex- changing iuforlnatlon on their views iegarding hostilities raging in the for east, it. was authoritat- ively learned.

This Ls being done in accordance with the ircatys provision for

consultation whenever a situation

arises which. in the opinion of any one signatory. "involves the ap- plications" of the compact.

MAKES WARNING

TOKYO, Sept. 24 (Friday) (C?) --'I‘ho newipapcrNlchl Nlchl today wnmed that Great Britain and the

suffer

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have been invaded and co

nfiscnted by the said

peeling a National Park) to thelend that ompensation may he heard and determin- od by a fair and impartial tribunal.”

“It is subversive to the princi freedom". the resolution declared Justice of this Province should be o

plea of democracy and , “that the Courts of usted from their pro-

ing justice to nil His Majesty's who have been deprived of their property and rights without their consent should be de- nied the privilege of submitting their claims for adjudi-' cation and determination to competent courts.”

“lt hu ever been regarded as a fundamental principle underlying the laws of every civilized state that justice shnll be administered to all its subjects by an impartial tribunal constituted for tlic purpose cf rid- ministering justice and that the legislative and judicial characters shall be kept separate," the preamble to the resolution snid._ “The said statute (an Act respecting a National Park) as now enacted", it cou- tinucd, “denies to the persons injured any right of access to llis Maj- raty’a Courts and is arbitrary, capricious, tyrannical and oppressive." The .'ull text of the resolution appears elsewhere in this article.

Mr. Sydney Ranicar of Stan- hope moved the resolution which was seconded by Mr. Roy Toombs of Cavendish. Mr. William A. Mc- Donald of Grand Tracndie presid-

_ ed at the largely attended meet-

, lug. Speakers

included Messrs. Sydney Ranicar, W. E. Bcntlcy, K. C., Charlottetown, Roy Toombs. Rev. Msgr. McDonald, Tracadie.

‘ Malcolm McCallum, sianhnpcgMrr.

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Alan Wyand, Cavendish, Mrs. M. J. Doylc. Cavendish. D. L. Maili- ieson. Charlottetown, J. J. Train- or, Beclford. M. W. Wood, South- port, F. S. Reeves, SouthporLRcv. T. Wilson. cnveheiid. Prcsimi Campbell. New Glasgow. Reginald McDonald. Donaldsion.

A similar meeting would hohcid in the Cavendish area on Thurs- day nlght next, it was announced.

Mr. Sydney Ranicar of shan- hope ivua first speaker called on by the chairman who explainfld briefly the purpose of the meet- ing.

‘The other properly owncrs,hliii-.

scll among them. had a rcal grie- vance, Mr. Ranicar said, On some of the farms they had livcd ‘or vcars. brought iip their families. In some cases the properties had been owned by the parcnts of ihc present owners and by thclr grandparents and great izfflnflllflf- enta. To such people the prop- erty was almost worth its wright in gold, tho spcakcr declared.

The Most Scrlnus Objection

What they were obicciifll i" most. however. was that they should he denied tho right iotakc their plea. their fight. as to 1'18 value of their properties to thc courts. Even the valuation of the Hlggs Commission had been ciitln every Mu of which he had heard.

Ha himself was not a native of this Province but of England. He had lived in Canada for a number of years and came to Prince Ed- ward Island three_ycarsy ago. V_v__

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Report Endeavouriigigili tedfi Near The Azores 1s Denied

LONDON. Sept. M-rrrldayi- m-csl-i mystery enveloped the fate of the British yacht Endeavour I when a report reached London early today that the captain of the British tanker Amiutrn had denied an earlier report. he sight-

ed the missing yacht near the Azores. Underwriters at Lloyds, who

heard the report of the yacht! safety announced with the sound- ing of the historic Lutlne bell. went home joyfully and the city was shrouded in darkness when the radio message arrived from the tankers captain sayin! M“ soon and heard nothing of till Endeavour and that. he “gravel? deplored" the orhtnul document.

T. O. M. Sopwlth, owner of the Endeavour I when it. challenged for the America's Cup three years ago, expressed himself as “very relieved but by no means surpris- ed" when told the yacht had been reported safe and had retired to bed when the Amastrifs dmilnl reached London. He rcfiwd to answer telephone calls and slept. unaware of the second message which is likely to transform mig- lnnd's relief into renewed anxlcty.

Toliesbiiry, tho fishing village

'where almost half of tho Fmdeiiv-

our's crew live. retired happily to bed after an evening of celebrat- ion. Tbs Vlllllfl‘: were not aware of the denial from the Amastrirs MIMI

siding. A large number of members were in attendance

The election of officers resulted as folfows:

Honorary-President -Col H. D. Johnson, M D.

Honorary Branch Chaplain Rev. Dr. R Moorhead Legaie.

President-J. S Walker

First vice-President —H. H. Court.

Second vice-President —J- J. Purcell.

Sccretary-Treasurer- B. Won- nacott.

Executive members include; J.

'1‘. Robison, L W. Goodwin, T. E MacNutuw S Hughes, A. G King, H R. Large.

The various committees sub- initted reports showing gains in every branch of activities in the organization.

In the financial report it ivas re- vealed that the sum oi’ $717.87 was expended on rclicf the past year by the branch.

to the Ladies Auxiliary, the band. trumpetcrs, girls of the city schools, the I. O. D. E. Federal and Pro- vnclal Government representatlvbs, retiring President and secre- tary, Radio Station C F C. Y. and the press,

In connection with the impend- ing visit of the Governor-General Lord Tweedsmuir the Legion will comllme the Guard of Honor at the Cenotaph. Invitations have been extended to all ex-scrvice mi-n "nd outside branches to be present.

A pcasing part of the night's proceedings ivos the acceptance of membership into the Charlotte. town Branch of Honorary-Cdonel, the Honorable G D DeBlols, the

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Will Visit llere 0n “Goodwill Bruise”

BOSTON, Scjt. 23—A “goodwill cruise" to the Maritime Provinces is being planned here by the Can- adian and the British Clubs of Grcattr Boston. The clubs hope to cooperate in chartering the steamship Evangeline for a five- day cruise over Columbus Day (Oct. 12) week.

Tho steamer is expected to snll Friday, Oct. 8, arriving in Halifax at noon Saturday when the pas- sengers will have an opportunity to see the city until midnight. Their ship then will sail for Chur- lottctown. according to the pro- gram announced by the sponsors,‘

Insurgent Leader Seriously Wounded

MADRID, Sept‘. 23—General Jose Varela, commander-n-chief of In- surgent forces on the Madrid front, was reported seriously wounded during a Government artillery bombardment.

Genera-l vuela. ‘his of the most prominent of Insurgent. command- ers, was reported hit, in three places by bursting shells, when government batteries opened fire on Insurgent artllfery located on Garabltas Hill. A piece of mrapncl inflicted a severe wound, Govern- ment sources reported.

Paralysis Strikes At Football Squad

MAIDEN, Mass. Sept. 23—(AP) —'1‘he Board of Health today or- dered all football activities It the Maiden High School to cease iin- tll Oct. 1. two members of the team having contacted infantile paralysis. »

The Board commanded fumiga- tion of tho field house and uned- ical examination for each member

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of tho them were rc-

questloned the lcadors demonstration and led away. but no arrests ported.

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‘A vote of thanks was extended "

Charges Laid Against Senator Logan In Connection With

Gypsum Q u e e n Case.

OTTAWA. sent. 23- i011;- Seniitor Haiice J. 140E311, oi Parr boro, N. 5., was arrested 110.0 ll afternoon on a warrant out of the nan’ famous Queen case. Taken into at; a small local hotel, tor appeared formally bcfoie Magistrate Glen Strike and liber- ated on $5.000 bflll. senator Jamcs Murdock, Ottawa, stood as bonds- man_ .

The 66-year-old Senator will ap- pear in police court tomorrow morning to ansvcr the charge, information relating lo iviiicii u-zis laid early this afternoon by George Edwin Beanient of Ottawa. It al- leges that the Senator “did unlaw- fully by false pretence-s procure to be delivered by the Bank of Mimi- real to him, the said Hancc J. Logan. the sum of $71,276.72, the property of His Maje=ty the King in the right of the Dominion nf Canada, with intent to defraud."

The warrant. was served on the Senator early this afternoon by City Detective Borden Hobbs. and Duncan MacDoncll. Tho condition of the Senators health, hoivcvcr, precluded his removal immcdiaiclv. and it was not iiiitll three hours later that, accompanied by Sena- tor Murdock. he appcarcci bcfore the’ magistrate and bail was ar- ranged.

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ll Custody

Hatfield Sentenced

The ‘swearing out of the infor- mathn followed within a few hours of i.le l)l‘Ol"iOllllCi‘lli"lll upon Cali- tain Freeman Hatfield. former master of the Gypsum Queen, 0i |i sentence of la months in the Ontario Rcformaioxiv.

Warwick Bcameiit. counsel for; Hatfield, said tonight lie prcpcscd . to appeal from the verdict of, guilty and also from the ientcncc. l

Asociatlon with him as clctcrcc counsel was his brother, G. E. Boomsnt, who today swore out the '

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107th Attempt 0n 01in Lifo. Rests Well.

wansaw, Sept. 2a 1c r nsi-iw i —After his 107th attcinpi. all suicide, each time employing I I new mJt-hod, Leon Kasprsykcviraki i was doing better than could be ex- 1 peoted today in the Warsaw Eiflmlélpll Hospital.

The unvarying aspect of his at- tempts arc that. they always occur before the doors of this institution.

in which he then receives weeks of l treatment amid comfortable sur-.

roundings.

This time he drmik a qiinrt of gasoline. Conscious as lie was car- ried to hh nsiinl ward. Kos- prsykou-slti learned from old ac- quaintances on the hospital staff that his growing record still stands for the country, perhaps the

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“Suii-ldc" Chinese contin- gants of snipers. machine gun- nors and trench mortor unlts po-tcd at the walled city's north gatotn screen the south- westward retreat of their 150.- 000 comrades in arms were wipcd out, this source sald_ PEIPING, Scpt. 23 (AP) —Jap-

anese forces reported today they had smashed through crumbling Chinese defences to reach th, out- skirts of Paotingfu and Tsang- chow, western and eastern key- pcints. respectively. of the heavily fortified (‘hinesc llne across cen- tral llnpeh Province.

From tho column advancing iloivn tho Peiping-llankow Rail-I way i-amc reports that the fall ofi Paotiiigfu, 8O mllos southwest of’ Pi-iping". ii-iis imminent. The village l of Kuncliiinng. loss than a mile, i from Pnotingfuis walls, fell to the‘ i JHPHIITSQ onslaught at 9:30 A. M.,

whilc tho wings of this Japanese j forco ivcrc reported carrying outii I‘ encircling operations on gither side ' of the city.

Japan's oastern column, driving down the llentisln-Pukow Rall- wny, was reported within Z00 yards of Tsungchoiv. Between Tsung- iBIIOW and Paotingfu stretches a (‘hint-so (lcfcncc system about 100 milcs long, with concrete plllboxes linkcd by carefully prepared trench liiios.

WIDESPREAD HAVOC SHANGHAI. Scpt. 22 (AP) — Japan's. Air Force today carried its campaign of death and terror to a scorc or more cities throughout nearly .'i'l of eastern China.

Cniiioii. great metropolis of the soiitli. siiifcrcd the severest pun- ishment \"tli 2 000 dead

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Postpone Further School openings

SAINT JOHN, N. B., Sept. 23— A fourth Postponement. of school opening in New Brunswick, an- nounccii early this afternoon, set the date at. Monday, Oct. 4, owing lo the lllldllllle paralysis situat- ion.

’l'liis ruling npppiics to all public schools in thc province and also in ilic provincial normal school in Fredericton.

Following n noon conference of mciliciil oificcrs in this city. their rccoiniiicndntlon was telcphoncd to

_ Squaw Pantinglll, up to now thi- blg- Mussolini gave Franco n dciiiiiii- promise no MON.‘ liiiiinn gland “l0 demand and insist that the right of renrt to £§§e1f§‘e‘;‘i‘dg‘t”i‘,° lflgillglgt" 012:: Police reserves formcd it cnr- icsttlfiiffiifir "11""? hi" l" troops would go to Spain if ltiily. (ircni llritiiin and ygw yonx, Sept, 23—tAPl- oiirts of Justice be restored to perons whose property ' d“ "h"! ti" ‘"""°' m” “mm ‘ '" ‘ ’ ““'

Franco could agroo. ns cxpccititl. on Italy's proper plzico in the bleditcrriinczin .i\nii-Pirzic_v Pziirol and on other ques-

(ions. This promise was said to

hiivc- Iiocn irivcn by Renato

BovafCopa, Italian representative at Gcnovzi, to Yvon Dclbos, French Foreign Iilinisicr, zit (ionova yesterday, and

to have been reaffirmed

Count Ciano in Rome. Authorities at Rome gave

ian relations with Grout llriiii

by

ltzilizin Fort-ion Minister

no (loiiiils on improved Ital- in and Franco on tho eve of

Mussolini's visit to Roichsfuohrci" Hitler in (icrnizinyu

Regarded [logical Stop

Diplomatic circles iiicro, li~)\\'~ ever, declared ll. would be a ingu- cal step for Great u iizn and France to strive for l'..i1.;in JIICIKIIIJIOSS before Zviitssouii maul-s llitlcr, pointing out i‘. \vou.ii icscii the probability of an lLul~'L1ci' man agreement liiiiiiicii‘. to illtlli, the Associated Pro s fCpUFiIG.

0n the Italian side, they saiil, zcuorduig to this source, it upiilli stiengthen I t. a lys billgdliilllg posluon with Germany and in“. also reassure Hitler flgfllllc posihility’ of German cents 5H:- lient in Italy's quarrels.

Reliable sources said U131. It.‘ "s cooperation with Grout l3 in and fTance depended on ilic >41:- ccss of technical talks nc:.'. "iv ok in Paris to arrange Italian ,.i:'- iiciimtion in ihc Allll-Pililff.‘ P.i1.-‘ rol. Thcy said no clilficiiltirs core‘ foreseen,

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Express Optimism

Official British Clftit.» iicrc upcnly Ullilllllnilt; ul u. sivilt riiiisn, ation of European tension, the Ar’ socialed Press reported. Thoy a-i waited Lilo outcome oi the Nyoni, naval talks and of Itiilr-Sulllllls vis-i it to Germany, hovvcvcr_

Authoritative information

iicrc i

Wila llldi, besides ilic Simiiisli i question, Mussolini and Hi lcl‘ ‘ would discuss livc '

topics-an , anti-cominterii resolution, Aii.ii'ia,; Czechoslovakia. a LlCCIRIGLLOIl inf favor of Hungarian reariiianicnt- and establishment of the lac‘. that neither Hitler nor Mussclziii ivaiits an ltalo-Germnn defensive iiili- ance.

A responsible sourcc A~sociaicd Press that pcatcd Bova-Scopas eu-surnliccsl 0f no lilfiliPl‘ Italian ircop.» in: Spain i0 E. H. B. Ingram. ciiiin- j sellor of Lhe British Enibnsisi- in] Romc. This source said Cano added that a iiti sfnc i cry} solution’ of the Spanish SlllLliiOll now was iii sight. l